The US and Russian presidents had a productive meeting on resolving the conflict in Ukraine, but could not find a full understanding, Donald Trump said at a joint press conference with Vladimir Putin after the narrow three-on-three talks that lasted more than 2.5 hours. In addition to the presidents of the two countries, foreign ministers and aides took part in them.

The two sides were able to come to agreement on some items, Trump said, but did not specify what those items were. "We had an extremely productive meeting and there was agreement on a lot of things, most of them. I would say there are a couple of big ones that we haven't reached full agreement on yet, but we've made progress. There's no deal, there's no deal yet," the U.S. president said .

He added that he now intends to call NATO representatives, European leaders and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and hopes to meet Putin again soon.

Putin, speaking at a news conference, said that Russia was interested in putting an end to the Ukrainian conflict. The settlement should be of a long-term nature, he said. Moscow expects that Ukraine and Europe will not put obstacles in the way and will not try to derail the emerging progress, the Russian president said.

The enlarged talks, which were to be held in the format of a business lunch, have been canceled, the White House said. Moscow also confirmed that the meeting had been finalized.

Almost simultaneously with the start of the talks, Bloomberg reported, citing sources, that the U.S. is considering sanctions against Russian oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil as one of the options to put pressure on Putin. According to the agency's interlocutors, such a measure could be used if no progress is made in Alaska.

CNN's sources told about "carrots" that the White House may offer to the Russian president during the negotiations, which could include discussing new business deals with Russia or a strategic arms agreement between the two countries. U.S. authorities are studying the possibility of an agreement to use Russian icebreakers to develop gas projects in Alaska, sources told Reuters.

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